788 | STAY IN ISTANBUL
Painting by Ivan Aivazovski (1817-1900)
Stay in Istanbul
All kinds of versions are circulating
about my stay in Istanbul:
One:
There was a question about a suspicious trip of a political nature.
Two:
It was concerned with a sentimental adventure.
In a third version:
There was even talk of a drug transaction.
That I never set foot in Istanbul, –
of course, interests no one.
Izet Sarajlić, Bosnia – Herzegovina (1930-2002)
Translation Frans Vyncke
Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan
from “Collected Works
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